Gratitude
Tech4Good Labs | UCSC
Tech4Good Labs | UCSC
Promoting Gratitude Practices
This study, conducted by the Tech4Good Lab at UCSC, explores ways to foster positive social interactions by creating a platform designed to encourage individuals to express gratitude.
Online communities play a crucial role in forming and maintaining relationships, but they can also negatively impact mental well-being. This study focuses on mitigating these negative effects by promoting prosocial behavior through the concept of a "gratitude cycle." The aim is to understand how digital platforms can be designed to reduce negativity and cultivate a more supportive and uplifting online environment.
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This project expands on the V1 study of Gratitude, which featured a simplistic platform that allowed users to write and share gratitude notes. Our findings from the previous V1 study revealed a mix of concerns and benefits associated with sharing gratitude online. Some participants were apprehensive about appearing "performative" when posting notes, while others felt that the lack of privacy led to a sense of vulnerability, discouraging frequent sharing. Despite these concerns, participants highlighted several benefits, including reduced stress, the opportunity to recall positive memories, and moments of self-reflection.
Users noted benefits inlcuding recalling positive memories, self-reflecting, and engaging with posted gratitude notes.
Users suggested showing all of the platform's features, and potentially adding a comment section allowing users to communicate and reflect.
Users mentioned issues around appearing excessively perfomative and challenges around navigating the platform's anonymity feature.
How do we address the concerns of vulnerability and risk while still creating cycles of positivity and promoting authentic individual reflection to foster community interaction?
How do we ensure that individuals don’t misinterpret the nature of these gratitude practices and are encouraged to engage in a genuine positive reflection of their life experiences?
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We designed an onboarding experience for first-time users to explain key features and guide them through the platform. This includes introducing the "gratitude cycle," which encourages users to express gratitude and promote pro-social behavior. AI enhances this cycle by using GPT and prompt engineering to identify potential recipients from gratitude notes and deliver them to users in those groups. This personalized experience aims to increase engagement and connect research objectives with user-driven actions.
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Users noted benefits inlcuding recalling positive memories, self-reflecting, and engaging with posted gratitude notes.
Users suggested showing all of the platform's features, and potentially adding a comment section allowing users to communicate and reflect.
Users mentioned issues around appearing excessively perfomative and challenges around navigating the platform's anonymity feature.
Promoting Gratitude Practices
This study, conducted by the Tech4Good Lab at UCSC, explores ways to foster positive social interactions by creating a platform designed to encourage individuals to express gratitude.
Online communities play a crucial role in forming and maintaining relationships, but they can also negatively impact mental well-being. This study focuses on mitigating these negative effects by promoting prosocial behavior through the concept of a "gratitude cycle." The aim is to understand how digital platforms can be designed to reduce negativity and cultivate a more supportive and uplifting online environment.
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